Book
Freedom flyers : the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
Publication Information
New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Physical Description
vii, 241 p.. [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
- Prologue: "This is where you ride"
- The use of Negro manpower in war
- The Black Eagles take flight
- The experiment
- Combat on several fronts
- The trials of the 477th
- Integrating the Air Force
- Epilogue: "Let's make it a holy crusade all the way around".
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American.
- African American air pilots > History.
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd.
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th.
- United States. Army Air Forces. Composite Group, 477th.
- United States. Army Air Forces > African American troops.